I have met lots of people because of my association with the Internet since 1990. Some of the more famous people that I have shaken hands with had to do with my being part of the trade shows in the 1990s called Internet World. I have great stories about these personalities, but because I am presently in business, those stories will have to remain behind closed doors until retirement.

More interestingly, however, are some of the people I have come across because of the email and search. I have met some crackpots, but more have been sincere and hard working. Some have asked for advice or have just commented on business in general.

Recently I came across a fellow from Germany who shares my last name. What started as an inquiry from this gentleman about one of my posts has now turned into a bit of ancestral discussion and a dose of European migratory history. I have enjoyed the emails back and forth and have learned some interesting facts.

How else could this relationship have occured without the Net?